When the 'mystical' gets unconventional

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Rip Snorter — Tue, 15 Nov 2005 23:31:00 GMT

Trying to keep the mind open to all possibilities is a constant struggle for me, probably for most other people who try to live that way. The entire human educational experience is dominated by the desire to nail everything down on all the corners.Vonnegutt called listening for and remaining open to experience and knowledge we didn't plan for allowing ourselves 'dancing lessons from God'. He enshrined the concept in an imaginary fiction religion called Bokoninism.For me, Bokoninism made a lot... [ More ]

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BIRD — Tue, 15 Nov 2005 18:39:57 GMT

Rip well said ,I who fall in this forum called mystical have only one view .Ones vision is just that ones vision ,what I see you may not what you see I may not but to share that information from where ever it comes from is key,I remember at one point in my life thier were alot of people that did not agree with my points of view it would frustrate me to no end that people would ridicule me for my visions this really happened alot on the old lotterypost and the debates would drive me crazy.well we... [ More ]

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Demi540 — Tue, 15 Nov 2005 18:28:07 GMT

I liked your post. The Universe is boundless and there is so much that we don't understand. You should always be open to anothers beliefs or point of views. Who's to say what is probable and what is not. Truth is relative to whom believes it is true!Demi

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JAG331 — Tue, 15 Nov 2005 18:16:42 GMT

Good post, Jack.Plenty of things in this world that I don't understand....maybe we should see if there is any correlation with the lottery. Got to keep an open mind.

When the 'mystical' gets unconventional

Rip Snorter — Tue, 15 Nov 2005 18:02:24 GMT

I'm sitting here chuckling to myself.Every day on LP there are threads posted, people relating dreams and asking for numbers.Every day on LP there are astrology/numerology threads.There's a thread now where someone's trying to skry the numbers.All fairly low-key, straight-forward mystical. All staying strictly inside the boundaries of 'conventional' mystical thread thinking and discussion.However, seeing people get their dander up when someone steps outside those fences always brings me to a st... [ More ]